Lyme Regis The Pearl Of Dorset 2019
Accommodation, Attractions and Events in Lyme Regis, Dorset, throughout 2019.
Accommodation, Attractions and Events in Lyme Regis, Dorset, throughout 2019.
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DELVE INTO HISTORY<br />
<strong>Lyme</strong> <strong>Regis</strong> is a town steeped<br />
in history; it featured in the<br />
Domesday Book, and received<br />
its royal charter from Edward<br />
I in 1284.<br />
For many years, <strong>Lyme</strong> was<br />
one of the south coast’s major<br />
trading ports and a vast array<br />
of goods passed through the<br />
town’s harbour, running the<br />
risk of pirates and smugglers.<br />
<strong>Lyme</strong> gained a reputation<br />
for rebellion when in 1644,<br />
during English Civil War, the<br />
town withstood an eight-week<br />
siege by Royalist forces. In<br />
1685 the Duke of Monmouth<br />
landed on the west beach<br />
and started the ill-fated<br />
Monmouth Rebellion.<br />
Many notable figures in<br />
history have either lived in<br />
or have connections with<br />
<strong>Lyme</strong> <strong>Regis</strong>, including Sir<br />
George Somers, who founded<br />
Bermuda, Thomas Coram, who<br />
established the Foundlings<br />
Hospital for children, and<br />
Joseph Lister, also known as<br />
Baron Lister of <strong>Lyme</strong> <strong>Regis</strong>,<br />
the pioneer of antiseptic<br />
surgery.<br />
<strong>The</strong> town is also home to the<br />
original Lassie. Following the<br />
sinking of HMS Formidable by<br />
German torpedoes on New<br />
Year’s Day 1915, the victims<br />
were taken to the Pilot Boat<br />
Inn, where the landlady’s collie<br />
Lassie saved the life of a sailor<br />
by licking his face.<br />
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